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Dear Rep. Brawley,
With the impending approval of Bill HB 514 which allows for municipal charter schools in a budget process that is intentionally kept within committee and out of democratic debate, this voter has to ask you one question (actually many): Do you realize what you have championed?

Dear Gov. McCrory and members of the North Carolina General Assembly:
This may not be a popular opinion, but it is one that is a matter of principle to me.
I will be receiving $2,000 in bonuses this year for having a certain number of students pass the AP English Language and Composition Exam for the 2015-2016. Many of you may think that it will somewhat ameliorate tensions with public school teachers like me. I do not think it will at all. I feel that it just exacerbates the real problem: lack of respect for all public school teachers.
I am not going to keep my bonus. To me it’s just academic “blood money.”

Dear Rep. Stam: I listened with great interest to your recent interview with Alex Granados on EdNC.org’s podcast released on January 22nd. I thought you spoke with great candor and conviction about what you felt were positive reforms ...

Blasts plan to turn struggling public schools over to charter operators [Editor’s note: The following is from an open letter sent to State Rep. Rob Bryan yesterday in response to news reports of the lawmaker’s plan to unveil ...

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